Ok, that obviously made zero sense. Message to self: Double check logic and math, then double check again, after being bed ridden for a week and a half... The numbers looked so purty, though.
Dan --- edndana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan - > > I don't follow. If you subtract the start, then the second half was > MUCH slower > > - Ed Parrot > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Kaplan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 3:28 PM > Subject: Re: t-and-f: MJ's splits in his 43.18 WR (was Negative splits > in > 440) > > > > If you subtract out the start (at least 0.50 to 0.75, maybe as much as > > 1.20 based on the 50m splits), then the second half arguably *was* run > > faster. In any sprint event, the start becomes a major factor when > > determining average speed. Not nearly as significant in events not > run > > out of blocks. > > > > Dan > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Don't mean to misread here--but I always thought the meaning of > > > "negative split" is that the second half of a race is faster, not > > > slower, than the first (as for example with Jim Ryun's WR 880 yards > > > where he went out in 53+ and finished in 51+)--so MJ's splits in his > WR > > > 400 are not--by that definition--negative. > > > > > > His splits support my earlier note that the faster the 400 WR gets > over > > > time, the more even the splits are likely (likely!) to be. > > > > > > Mitch > > > > > > ________ > > > > Further to Seville splits, here's what the video-analysis shows > for > > > Michael > > > > Johnson's World Record in the 400: > > > > > > > > 50m 100m 200m > > > > 6.14 > > > > 4.96 (11.10) 11.10 > > > > 5.00 (16.10) > > > > 5.12 (21.22) 10.12 21.22 > > > > 5.20 (26.42) > > > > 5.24 (31.66) 10.44 > > > > 5.52 (37.18) > > > > 6.00 (43.18) 11.52 21.96 > > > > > > > > * don't forget to consider the time out of the blocks! > > > > > > > > Jimson > > > > > > ===== > > http://AbleDesign.com - Web Design & Custom Programming > > http://Run-Down.com - 10,000 Running Links, Fantasy T&F > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > @ o Dan Kaplan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <|\/ <^- ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) > > _/ \ \/\ (503)370-9969 phone/fax > > / / > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > > > ===== http://AbleDesign.com - Web Design & Custom Programming http://Run-Down.com - 10,000 Running Links, Fantasy T&F ------------------------------------------------------------ @ o Dan Kaplan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] <|\/ <^- ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) _/ \ \/\ (503)370-9969 phone/fax / / __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
